The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-16
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Persona, and Local.

bash, is in the city on official business.
The Illinois Rate Association meets on Friday.
Traffic Manager Lazarus and General Freight
Agent Diehl of the l., B. & W., expect to be in
attendance.
George Westinghouse advances sixtyfour
claims in patent for a very elaborate arrange
ment of interlockiEg mechanism for switches
and signals.
The stockholders of the Indianapolis 81 St
Louis road hold their annual meeting for the
election of directors in this city to-day, at the of
fee of John T. Dye.
Freight business is at low ehb, and earnings
the third week in February will foot up unfavor-
ably unless cold wave strikes over this section
of the country and makes the roads solid.
w L. Hanson has been appointed superin-
aeudent of the Chicago division of the Mime
scta 81 Northwestern, which extends from Chi
cago to Freeport The road will be put in oper
alton in May
II. W. Hibbard, general freight agent of the
Vandslia, was in the city yesterday on official
busipess. He says he is not worrying himself
over the Interstate commerce bill. He does not
believe in going up the hill until you reach it.
There is clashing of authority on the Belt
road. Civil Engineer Zook discharged the fore
man of bridges, Edward Cuckner. and the latter
appealed to General Manager Malott and he re-
scinded the order of discharge until he could in
gestigate matters.
bill has been introduced in the Nebraska
Legislature which provides that on the LIST OF
January of each year every railroad doing busl-
ness in the State shall furnish free pass Tor
the year to every member OF the Legislature
and every State officer.
The passenger men at this point claim that
west bound passenger rates were yesterday re-
stored to full tariff. and they say that they now
propose to maintain them, association or no as
sociaton. This will be good news to Commits
Toner Daniels of the Central Traffic Associa-
ion.
Austin Corbin has written a very compliment
ary letter to General Manager Henderson the
excellent management of the Chicago 81 Ohio
River road. In the letter he says he never ex-
pected satisfactory financial results from this
wrecked and abused formerly Danville, Olney &
Ohio road.
The Wabash is still in the lead in taking east
fourteen days of February carrying.27 7-10 of the
tonnage; the Decline, 20 7lO: the c., ST. L. &
p, 10 6l0: the l., B. & W., 16 $40; the c.. l.,
ST. L. & c., s ITO; the L., N. A. 6 G., 4410;
the C., H. l., 2 TO.
The Wabash pay started its monthly
rounds yesterday. paying for January per in
structions of Receiver Cooley. 1t will be graft
flying to the employees to have the paymaster
come round on "a stated time and promptly, If
this method is carried out during the admins
tration of Judge Cooley only.
Commissioner George r. Blanchard, of the
Central Traffic Association. now in Boston, has
called meeting Of the executive committee of
that association to meet with the executive COM
mittee of the Eastern trunk lines to be held in
New York tomorrow for the consideration OF
the interstate commerce bill.
Joseph G. Farr, the former travelling auditor
of the Long Island railroad, is now living at
Kings county Jail. The Railroad Gazette says:
He had little way of taking nice round sums
that he visited AS an officer of the Long Is
land road, Joseph has appropriated his very last
So"
The impression is out that the bill before the
Legislature requiring corporations to pay their
employees every two weeks, includes railroads,
which is not the case 1t would be quite diff
cult on the extensive Western systems to pay
the railroad employees every two weeks Some
roads find it difficult to GET round once in thirty
days.
George A. Kicker, for many years principal
assistant engineer on the west end of the New
York, Lake Erie & Western, and recently topog-
r8pher with W. A. Haven on the Northern Pa
cific In Montana, has resigned his position TO
open an office in Buffalo N. Y. where he will
carry a general engineering and architectural
business.
The roe DIS which are largely behind in paying
the rebates promised to shippers will now have
ample time to catch up, as after the Interstate
commerce bill is ia effect all this business will
to wheel into line. 1t is stated that one grain
firm here has due them rebates amounting to
$40, 00O Some of them reach far back, and will
hardly be paid without litigation.
The Indianapolis Rolling mill Company expect
to be turning out new steel rails within thirty
days 1t is the pupose of the company to make
a rail of so superior quality as to make the
steel rails manufactured at the Indianapolis
mills famous as we're the iron rails manufact
ured in the old mills, many of which to
be found in the track of Indiana roads, and but
little worn after fifteen to twenty years service.
The city of St Louis will doubtless soon have
a new bridge over the Mississippi river. The
men who are at the head of the company which
is to construct the bridge are now selecting a
site. The construction of this bridge will un
ST Louis from the pressure to which 1t is now
subjected. 1t will increase the terminal faci
ties Of the roads crossing the river, and this il
an improvement greatly needed.
An order authorizinglRecei Caldwell, Of thu
Nickel-plate railroad, to purchase of Trustee!
Shethar and McGourky the roling-stock and
equipments between Buffalo and Chicago wa,
signed by Judge O'Rourke yesterday in the Cir
cult Court at Fort Wayne: The property is t.
be paid for by issue of certificates of indebt
edness for So, 443. 968, payable within year
and to bear per cent. interest. The proceeding
is preliminary to the reorganization OF the road
Edward W. Jackson, general manager of tn
Mexican Central railway, announces the follow
Ing organization OF the traffic department
A. G. Mchaelis, general freight and passenge
agent, With headquarters at the City of Mexico
will have direct charge of the traffic department
reporting to the general manager; Georg
W. Keller will continue as general Easter,
ngent, with Office at No. PSI Broadway, New
York, and report to the general freight and pas
senger agent; M. Fl. King is appointed com
nercial agent at Chicago, with Office in Gran,
Pacific Hotel.
The only appliances now in use on railroad
trains for Stinguishing fires are q few axes ant
saws, and how effective these prove in cases o
accident is shown by results. They can be" o
service in extricating passengers from a wreck
II taken 10 time, but as rule, afford no protec
ton. There is no practical way of ex.n gush
ing IRE On a train. Most railroad officials rath
er scout the idea Of using grenades or any othe
sort OF extineuisher. Why they might not d.
good work In some cases is not clearly under
stood. II they are capable of putting out a fir